Spool-holder



' H. MUINONEN.

SPOOL HOLDER.

APPLlcAlAoN man ulm/13,1919.

1,333,562. l Panama Mar. 9, 1920.

Suma/tor y To all whom t may conc-@raiv Y Vlieitkrnown thatiI,V HisnIAs*acltlzenof the Unitedf States, residing at f Negaunee, in the countyzofMarquette and State of Michigan, have Vinvented new andV Y usefulImprovements .in-Spool-HoldersfLof-v which the followin a"specificationl f `,tionis to-provide means for preventing theV This'inventionre tomeans for hold-l ling `the spool of thread for shoe sewing machinesandthe principal object lof theinventhread from becomingptangledvonthe'` ma# Y f chine and for 'the thvreadj, j

Another'objectof the invention isgto providemeans whereby the spool ofthread willbe caused to Vrotate' as the thread is drawn y therefrom -bythe machine.

l in the accompanying The invention also consists in certain other`features of construction and 1n the comblna-i vtion and arrangementofthe several parts; described, illustrated drawings and specifi'- callypointed out in the appended claims.

Yto be hereinafter fully V In describing my invention in detail, ref# verence will be had tothe accompanying drawings wherein like charactersdenote like:

or corresponding parts throughout theseveral views,'and in which nFigure 1 isa portlon of a vshoe sewing machine showing my limprovement1n place thereon;

Fig. 2 is an enargedfviewwah thethread.

f Fig. *3 is a .longitudinalsectionalviewv; l Fig.4` 4., is a view 4ofthe Yljlsshaped guard l' members.

* tween Vsaid inclined In these views lv'indicates a portion ofthesewing machine and 2 indicatesthe base of` 40 v Y g 'l machine by theinclined portion 3 forming.'

the spool support which is secured'to the a part kof the base and beingscrewed tothe machine. 4 indicates a brace extending'be j portion landthe.` base. The end of this 'brace and the base yare proy vided withlregistering openings vthrough which the spindle 5 passes and a nut 6 issecured to the lower end of said spindle for :holding the parts inposition. 1 P'indicates i aV U-shaped guard, the cross piece lofwhiohprovided with la loop 8 which engagesV the Vlower end of the spindle andis secure-d thereon bythe nut. The limbs of the guard pass through theslots V9. formedin they edges preventing VtheV breakage ofVligsrooL-HQLDER. if* ff' thebaseV and Y proj fupwardly parallel to the`spindle.;llhesefv guards will' be on opposite sidesof thefspoolVofthread whenV thesame lis placedinfthedeViceso asl to `preventthelthread from being entangled in pait'sffof the machine. I' provide. aA'cori-5 mem-berwlO- which is adapted to be placed AinhgbOre inthespool'of thread to frio'-V tionallyengagethesame and this member aisprovided with 1 a bore to' receive the -1k spindle so that.v themember may freely rotate on 'saidspindleix"Thisfcore member isV.providedwth af plurality of flat sides as 'i which is provided' with acentral opening to receive vthe 'spindle and the spool with thez'coremember restslin this'plate. This Itis thought from they foregoingdescrip-` `tionzthat the advantages and novel features of my inventionwill bereadily-.apparentvI desire it torvbe understood that 'I maymakechanges linrthe construction and inV fthe vcombination andarrangement of 'the `r`several parts, provided that such changes fallwithin the 'scope r.of the appended claims.V -What I claim'isy- .1.`Athi-cad support for shoe sewing maconnected withthespindleforreceiving the' 'its limbs projecting upwardly through the lower endof the spindle.` t

2. A thread 'support forlshoe sewing malshown.VV I provide asaucer-shaped plate 11- ychines comprising a-base, a spindle carried bythe base, a saucer-shaped. platerotatably *j .90e spoolvand aU-shapedguard member having 1 f 'base with its cross piece connected with the yr chines comprising abase, a spindle carried bythe base7 a saucer-shapedplate rotatably Y supportedA on the spindle,a.fr1ng engagingY j thespindle andv spacing the plate from the base, a core member on thelspindle lfor* receiving the spool, said means resting l.on the f plateand a Us'haped guard member having s Y its ,limbs passing throughl theYbase and j projecting upwardly on opposite sides of [the spool with itscross piece connected withv the vlower end ofthe spindle.l j

`In testimony whereofl aiiixV mv signature.

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